My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

Lanting.

The Ninth Princess walked into Lanting with an angry look on her face.

She waved her hand to stop the King of Zhenxi and his wife from standing up and saluting.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, she sat down at the tea table, still holding the piece of paper in her hand.

She glanced at the four of them and said:

"I have sent someone to call Zhang Wenqian from Shangling Academy."

"I thought this Zhuxi Literary Gathering would be held in a fair and just manner, but I didn't expect that one of the judges would resort to personal vendettas!"

The four of them were dumbfounded when they heard this.

They looked at each other for a moment, and then the old scholar Fang asked:

"Your Highness...what exactly happened?"

Tang Xianxian's eyes were filled with anger, "Hmph!"

"When we were crossing Zhuxi, it was understandable that Master Chen made things difficult for Bai Shaoqiu. After all, he took a punch from Bai Shaoqiu, and after all, he still made a fair judgment in the end."

"But in front of the Shuxiang Gate in the second test, that bastard Master Song..."

Tang Xianxian slowly told the story of what happened in front of Shuxiang's door. When the four of them heard it, they felt a chill in their hearts.

Only then did they realize that Song Zigui and Bai Shaoqiu had a bet of ten thousand taels of silver!

In order to ensure that his son Song Zigui could defeat Bai Shaoqiu, Master Song not only used his role as a judge to humiliate Bai Shaoqiu again, but in the end he even gave Bai Shaoqiu a B!

The Princess of Zhenxi also had a frosty face at this time——

She has completely changed her opinion of this son-in-law.

This son-in-law is not a waste at all!

Although he has no martial arts skills, his talent is extremely high.

That's good.

The Zhenxi Palace has no shortage of experts, but what it lacks are scholars with great talent and learning!

Now that bastard Master Song is actually trying to block his son-in-law's path...

The Princess of Zhenxi suddenly stood up, her face extremely cold:

"He's so brave!"

"Your Highness, in compliance with the Emperor's wishes, has established a large academy in Xiling City in order to promote the literary spirit of our Xingguo."

"How dare this idiot Song abuse his power for personal gain and suppress young talents... Come here!"

Not far away, two men in black, carrying swords on their backs, descended from the woods and bowed in unison: "The two evil men in black greet the mistress!"

The King of Zhenxi saw that the Ninth Princess was here and could not interfere in other people's affairs.

He quickly waved his hand: "Madam, don't worry."

He looked at the Ninth Princess and said, "Your Highness, this is the case... Since Master Song gave my son-in-law a B-grade, has Your Highness seen the poem my son-in-law wrote for the second test?"

The Ninth Princess placed the paper in her hand on the table.

"Of course I have seen it."

"This is Mr. Bai's second late spring poem!"

"Please take a look and see if I have wronged Master Song!"

The four of them looked at the piece of paper on the table.

After a while, Mr. Fang took the paper and took a look...

This word is so ugly!

Look again...

His old eyes suddenly lit up!

He clapped his hands in admiration and said happily, "What a great word!"

"What a poem about late spring!"

"Your Highness is wise, but Master Song...deserves to die!"

"Brother Si, take a look!"

The old scholar Si had been itching to do so for a long time, after all, he had seen the pear blossom poem written by Bai Shaoqiu.

He knew that Bai Shaoqiu's poems were excellent, and now Bai Shaoqiu had written another late spring poem...

If his lyrics are also excellent, then this guy has the talent of both poetry and lyrics!

Add to that his attainments in writing couplets, and you have three unique skills!

He quickly took the paper, took a closer look, and his old face suddenly blossomed like a flower.

As for this word... As the saying goes, no one is perfect and no gold is pure. Bai Shaoqiu is not a saint, so we have to allow him to have some flaws.

He stroked his long beard, feeling extremely happy:

“It’s a great lyric indeed!”

"The spring water is melting, the spring mountains are vast and desolate, and the light smoke is lightly shrouded... In just a few words, the scene of late spring is vividly portrayed on paper!"

"Hometown, are you alright? ... The word 'hometown'... He was born and raised in Xiling City, so the word 'hometown' must refer to the former Bai Mansion."

"Brother Bai misses home because of Jing..."

Looking at the Prince of Zhenxi, the implication was that Bai Shaoqiu had become the prince's son-in-law, and his home was in the princess's residence of the prince's palace. Naturally, he would miss the former Bai Mansion.

"Why are I driven by the dust and servitude of things? I look back in vain, seeing the swallows and autumn geese. My fame and success are over, my hair is short and I am left with the bronze."

"Brother Bai is really talented!"

"He has truly seen through life!"

"He lamented that the affairs of the world were as illusory as smoke, and that people were bound by the conflicts of the world."

"He used the swallows and wild geese to describe the loneliness and indifference in his heart..."

"His thoughts were extraordinary. He did not seek fame, wealth or official positions. Instead, he placed his feelings in the mountains and rivers, and in bronze... This bronze, perhaps, was not actually a bronze object, but... a few copper coins."

The elder scholar Si laughed and said, "This brother may look like an ordinary person, but he is not an ordinary person. He is the kind of person we most seek, who is free and easy and carefree!"

"Great talent!"

"I am no match for him!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Si said "brother" three times without realizing it!

He is one of the six great Confucian scholars of Xingguo!

His talent is beyond doubt!

He actually called Bai Shaoqiu "brother" and even said that he was not as good as him...

This is to put Bai Shaoqiu on the same level as him from the bottom of his heart!

The Ninth Princess obviously noticed the change in his way of addressing Bai Shaoqiu, which made her more deeply aware of the extraordinary nature of this guy Bai Shaoqiu!

My father's imperial decree to grant marriage was originally intended to humiliate the Zhenxi Palace, but not only did it fail to achieve its purpose, it also sent the Zhenxi Palace a son-in-law of extraordinary talent and wealth...

I don’t know how my father will react when he finds out that Bai Shaoqiu is so talented.

The King and his wife of Zhenxi were not well-versed in literature, but when they heard what the old scholar Si said, they looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's hearts.

This change is actually not sudden.

Three days ago at the palace's martial arts training ground, Bai Shaoqiu had already demonstrated his calmness and wisdom. That night, he had kept the prince and princess awake all night.

After hearing about the Yunsan couplet he composed at Shangling Academy, his literary attainments began to show, and it attracted the attention of the princess.

Two days after Bai Shaoqiu left the Princess's Mansion, the princess went to the Princess's Mansion and read the first chapter of "A Dream of Red Mansions" written by Bai Shaoqiu in the west wing where Bai Shaoqiu lived!

At that time, Qing'er was by her side.

Only Qing'er knew the princess's shock when she read the first chapter of A Story of the Stone.

The princess asked Qing'er many questions about Bai Shaoqiu's time in the library. Unfortunately, Qing'er didn't know much either. She only knew that her brother-in-law was "reading" books in the library.

At this point, the princess no longer had any opinion of Bai Shaoqiu as a loser.

But she didn't know how much Bai Shaoqiu was capable of.

Come to Lanting today.

Bai Shaoqiu passed Zhuxi with a score of A+.

The princess was quite satisfied with her son-in-law.

At this moment...his second attempt was once again highly praised by the two great scholars!

How talented is he?

Now it seems to be as high as a two-story building!

The princess was very excited.

We certainly can’t ask the Ninth Princess to return to Kyoto to ask the Emperor to revoke the imperial edict!

We must find our daughter quickly!

She must come back to protect her husband who is such a talented man!

The Ninth Princess Tang Xianxian looked at the two old Confucian scholars and asked:

"Then, in Mr. Si and Mr. Fang's opinion, does Mr. Bai's late spring poem deserve...?"

The elder Si said without hesitation: "Above!"

"Looking at the literary world of Xingguo, and looking at the five hundred years of the flourishing of poetry, this poem, among all the late spring poems, can at least be ranked... in the top three!"

This praise couldn’t be higher!

The princess was shocked and thought that she seemed to have underestimated him.

His talent is probably as high as a three-story building!